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Live Travel Journals, Diaries and Photos from real Travellersen-usSun, 02 Aug 2015 20:58:13 +0000Sun, 02 Aug 2015 20:58:13 +0000Last day in CopanLast day in CopanCentral America Caribbean Honduras https://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Western/Copan-Ruinas/blog-153293.html
The Ruins Today we ate breakfast in the courtyard of our BB then walked through town and down to the Mayan Ruins. We had a very knowledgeable guide Cesar who toured us through the various temples and statues. There were tons of birds at the ruinswe brought ouhttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Western/Copan-Ruinas/blog-153282.html
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Rio Cangrejal Today we said goodbye to Roatan and took the ferry from the island over to La Ceiba. From there we took a dirt road up to Omega Jungle Lodge to do some rafting on the Cangrejal River. The water level is quite variable on the river and it was a little lowhttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Northern/La-Ceiba/blog-153279.html
Last day of workToday was Amy's last day at the pediatrics clinic. There was a preemie baby born today in the early morning around 700 grams. The doctor overnight estimated that the infant was around 2022 weeks gestation and felt that it was not viable. But when we ahttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Roatan/blog-150928.html
Dolphin Show Today we went to Anthony's Key Resort to see the Dolphin show. AKR is a nice diving resort just a few miles down the road in Sandy Bay. The cabins are on stilts on a little cay off from the mainland and they have water taxis to shuttle people back and fohttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Roatan/blog-150926.html
Advanced Scuba certification We finished our advanced open water certification over the weekend which means that we completed five more specialized dives. These included a deep dive at a site caled Hole in the Wall where we swam through a hole in the reef and came out at 100 feet.https://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Roatan/blog-150004.html
Hospital Publico Amy finally took the camera to work so now we have some pictures of the public hospital in Roatan. The hospital is in Coxen Hole a town about 15 mins by taxi from West End. The pediatrics clinc is run by Global Healing. There is a Honduran doctor who worhttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Roatan/blog-150000.html
Night Dive We've been diving in the afternoons this week when Amy gets back from the hospital. We've seen some more sea turtles and some squid among other things. We started our advanced open water course with underwater navigation using a compass underwater anhttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Roatan/blog-148221.html
Easter Weekend We had a cold front last Friday with winds and very choppy seas. We were supposed to be doing a scuba easter egg hunt but it was rescheduled because the water was too rough to go out in the boat. We were able to to it on Saturday though and it was a lhttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Roatan/blog-147609.html
Tequila Downs Today we did our last open water dive and are certified scuba divers We dove at a site called canyon reef. It had deep crevices and canyons that you could swim through hence the name. We saw an eel a big crab and lots of different fish. For dinnerhttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Roatan/blog-145761.html
Island Tour Today we went with Peggy and Dan to the opening of a government health center in Pandytown near Punta Gorda on the other side of the island. It took awhile to drive there on the winding roads but we got to see a lot of Roatan which was nice. First wehttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Roatan/blog-145757.html
Clinica Esperanza This week is Semana Santa Easter week and its a big holidayspring break week for all of Central America. Roatan is expecting 12000 additional tourists from surrounding countries and the mainlandon top of the usual cruise ship dockings that occur 23https://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Roatan/blog-145749.html
ScubaThis weekend we spent most of our time doing our open water certification for diving. On Saturday we got oriented to the gear and terminology. We spent the morning kneeling in about 5 ft. of ocean practicing skills like taking the regulator mouthpiecehttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Roatan/blog-145747.html
West BayAfter clinic the strike lasted only one day we left West End to visit nearby West Bay a nice beach two or three miles from West End. We took a water taxi for the short trip and found as promised a beautiful sandy beach although lined with resorts ahttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Roatan/blog-145447.html
Day 1 in Roatan This was to be Amy's first day of work at the public hospital in Coxen Hole Roatan. Coxen Hole is a town about 15 minutes from West End where our apartment is. Upon arrival at the Hospital Publico the pediatric clinic was closed and locked and a docthttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Roatan/blog-145444.html
Arrival on RoatanWe arrived in Roatan late in the afternoon. Our apartment at Enchanted Sunset Apartments is directly across from the beach and is basic but nice. We had a chance to walk around a bit before the power went out right at sunset and did much of our unhttps://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Bay-Islands/Roatan/blog-145438.html